When some of my friends have asked me anxiously about their boys, whether they should let them hunt, I have answered yes, remembering that it was one of the best parts of my education, make them hunters.
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Citations by Henry David Thoreau
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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My friend is one: who take me for what I am.
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Water is the only drink for a wise man.
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Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is in prison.
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It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.
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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
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But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.
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It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
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